Due to limited access to the building, the Auckland Information Office is available by appointment only. Please contact us by email mlctamakimakaurau@justice.govt.nz or phone 09 279 5850 to make an appointment
You can visit one of our offices to view:
current and historic ownership lists for whenua Māori
minutes of hearings of Court and Registrar decisions
current and historic memorial schedule information recording leases, occupations and other land uses
orders made by the court or a Registrar – including:
title orders (creating Māori land)
trust orders (names of trustees and terms of trust)
succession orders (names of successors to an estate)
vesting orders (transfers of shares in Māo...
Toitū Te Whenua
Land Information New Zealand
Toitū te Whenua hold information about historical transfers, surveying titles, or land that has been converted to general land.
You can search the database using the following categories:
• Block
• Document
• Management Structure
• Ownership
Search by Block
You can use the block search option if you know either the block name, block ID, district, land status type, state, LINZ
title reference, or a combination of the options.
When land has been subdivided, a lease is granted to the homeowner. That lease title can be mortgaged for a specific period of time and can include specific conditions.
...the improvement of title to land (held by the
Trustees on behalf of the Trust), including applications under Part 14
of the Act; and
(iv) forwarding to the Registrar of the Māori Land Court in relation to the
above any instruments, titles, plans or other relevant documents for the
purpose of maintaining the records of title and ownership of such land.
A sketch plan or plans providing the following information is enclosed:
details of the parent block showing the boundaries of the existing title.
the location of the site and any existing or proposed access track or road to that site by reference
to boundaries, fences, areas of other occupation or landmarks and the approximate distances from
them to the site.
The trustee becomes the legal owner when the order appointing them as trustee
for the land is registered against the title. The beneficiaries are called the beneficial
owners.
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Recently, the Law Commission published a paper titled The Legal Framework for Burial and Cremation in New Zealand: A First Principles Review (NZLC IP34, 2013).
